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Volunteering of seniors in community
Stropková, Andrea ; Pospíšilová, Tereza (advisor) ; Legnerová, Kateřina (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the theme of volunteering of seniors in the community. The work focuses on the specifics of volunteering of seniors, emphasizing the benefits of volunteering for participating seniors and how to identify them with other groups of people. Using a qualitative research work, it examines on a sample of eight respondents how these senior volunteers perceive the benefits of volunteering, how they relate to the geographical location in which they work, and what communities they form through volunteer participation. Key words: Volunteering, volunteering of seniors, benefits of volunteering, senior, old age, community, collective identit
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Security Integration of the Nordic Countries after the Second World War: More than a Security Community
Pazderník, Martin ; Kučera, Tomáš (advisor) ; Smetana, Michal (referee)
This thesis deals primarily with the security integration of the Nordic countries after the end of World War II. It uses the constructivist concept of security community by Karl Deutsch and his revised version by authors Emanuel Adler and Michael Barnett. It tries to apply the proposed concept to the case of emerging and evolving of the security community in the Nordic region. Additionally, it attempts to deep analysis of the institutionalization of the security cooperation, which came after the end of the Cold War, and describes its limits and potential for the future. Finally, it examines the motives of the Nordic countries' joint participation in the international peacekeeping operations and the potential impact of such participation in shaping and strengthening the Nordic collective identity, which is a cornerstone for such communities.
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Two forms of contemporary pro-Romani movement
Pfann, Martin ; Kubaník, Pavel (advisor) ; Uherek, Zdeněk (referee)
Key words: Roma, pro-romani movement, emancipation, collective identity, Roma Pride, International Romani Day, Ara Art, Konexe Abstract This paper presents on an example of two organizations and events organized by them a contemporary pro-romani movement in the Czech Republic - their topics and their strategies of agency to achieving their aims. The introductory part deals with the historical development of the pro-romani movement and in the second part, the author describes in detail the activities of two organizations Ara Art and Konexe. The final part presents by the using of a categorical analysis of their members forms in which these organizations on their events (International Romani day and Roma Pride) constitute a Roma collective identity. Both events have a two-way character, which is based on the relationship of the category "we" (the Roma) with the dominant category "they" (the majority society). With this relationship, the organizers deal on these events by a strengthening of collective belonging and at the same time negations of stereotypes about Roma created by the majority. Their primary purpose is therefore a destigmatisation their own identity.
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Social and collective identity of the Deaf community/ies in Prague
Fajfrová, Doris ; Šubrt, Jiří (advisor) ; Sládek, Jan (referee)
This work deals with the collective and social identity of the Prague deaf. It is based on the presumption that the deaf can be regarded as a social group with specific characteristics which are interesting from a sociological perspective. The aim of this work is a description and understanding of the mode the deaf relate to each other and the way the social mechanisms are used for this purpose. The crucial chapter deals with the social categorization as a key mechanism for building and maintaining the social identity of the deaf. The following part is devoted to the collective identity, where two ideal types of the deaf collective identity are presented. The work is based on the qualitative research, which was conducted through semi-structured interviews with the deaf, simultaneously translated into Czech. From a methodological point of view, the presented study is based on the principles of the Grounded theory. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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World of Pragues Mothers on parental leave..
Brennová, Martina ; Šanderová, Jadwiga (advisor) ; Grygar, Jakub (referee)
The thesis deals with choices made by women on maternity leave living in Prague, predominantly in the area of work and family life. Women's choices do not always represent their preferences and are strongly influenced by the institutional conditions and family interests. Women's preferences are also determined by the idea of maternity preferred by them- Another focus of the thesis is the construction of symbolic boundaries between mothers and childless women. Mothers differentiate themselves from childless women based on moral criteria and from each other based on the understanding of motherhood. Mothers tend to describe maternity leave as a happy period and do not think of it as of a loss of freedom or a sacrifice. However, they admit that long-term maternity leave is stereotypical and can induce feelings of isolation. For that reason, a part of women try to break free, at least partially, from the childcare and return into the realm of adults.
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Politicizing Sexualities: Mobilization practices and networking within the LGBTQ movement in contemporary Madrid
Wiesnerová, Vendula ; Ezzeddine, Petra (advisor) ; Kolářová, Kateřina (referee)
This ethnographic study intends to explain the recent mobilization practices within the LGBTQ movement in contemporary Madrid in reference to the strategic use of identity and networking in collective action. It describes the Spanish movement as an ideologically polarized heterogeneous aggregate. The active challenging groups criticize the dominant part of the movement for giving up its original message of sexual liberation and diluting it in consumerism by supporting capitalist tendencies and the power of leading political parties. Via launching protest campaigns and collaborating in internationally supported networks with other ideologically related social movement communities, the challenging groups demand civil rights for all people, regardless of their sexual orientation or identity. They mobilize upon the collective identity of "precariousness" while integrating elements of queer and transgender theory into their radical leftist oriented politics in order to transform the Spanish society. By bringing on new critical ideas and adherents, the success of the leftist oriented challenging groups has an impact on the direction of the politics of the dominant group, which thereby is forced to adopt such ideas into their politics. Despite the disunity and antagonistic character of the movement, the...
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European Commission and its role in forming collective identity in the EU
Havlíček, Tomáš ; Müller, Karel (advisor) ; Reschová, Jana (referee)
The work deals with the formation of a European public sphere through cultural policies and European collective identity. It starts with premise that in today's globalized world the function of nation-states is weak. I believe it is good option for European states to delegate some of its powers to an international organization such as the European Union. I believe that if the European public sphere were developed more it would helped to increase the competitiveness of EU in the economic, political and social sphere. My work tries to answer the question how this European public sphere could be formed. Therefore I focused on the European Commission which is the only one operational executive body of the EU which aims to promote European (supra-national) interests. So In my work I analyzed one of their program. This program became the ERASMUS program - a program for university student exchange. By analyzing the cultural policy and the ERASMUS program I was able to answer the question why it is important to create a European public sphere and if the European Commission wants to reach this objective.
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